Infamous Android Hacker Koush Turns Down Interview with Sony

[phandroid]

In an effort to strengthen their development team it seems Sony has been scouring the interwebz for talented developers and in at least once case offered a meeting to infamous Android hacker Koush. Without much hesitation, Koush declined any request for an interview. He says he turned down the offer “out of principle.” More exactly, [...]

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[NowVoyager]

Preemptive strike averted! They didn't go after some random hacker. They went for the Kingpin. Rooting changed the game for our end-user experience - No more dead handset in six months. Add to that, the coup that Koush's ROMmgr has made which makes upgrading our ROM a sync(h)... (Yeah, handset makers had a nice little run for a minute. Some even put disablers into the mix. Alas, the ball is returned to our court. Yep, they HATE him, LOL)

Thanks to Koush and the other kings of Root, I'm already rockin' Gingerbread. I can actually envision holding onto my current handset for the balance of my contract...with frequent OS upgrades. Freedom is a wonderful thing!

 

[ardchoille]

I applaud Koush for this. I really hope Sony learns something from it.